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Re:Next.js 8 released by andreareina on Monday February 11, 2019 @06:55AM (#19133762)
So the tutorial requires me to login with github? Sorry, not gonna happen.
Re:Next.js 8 released by dirkc on Monday February 11, 2019 @07:51AM (#19134017)
You can still access the content without logging in, just use the navigation on the left rather than clicking on "login & start". It does feel pretty aggressive of them to want you to log in.
Re:Next.js 8 released by deltron3030 on Monday February 11, 2019 @08:35AM (#19134319)
The content that is accessible through the navigation seams to be only a teaser for the content that is hidden behind the login.
Re:Next.js 8 released by vtambourine on Monday February 11, 2019 @09:08AM (#19134542)
Why they require login for tutorial pages in the first place?
Re:Next.js 8 released by andreareina on Monday February 11, 2019 @09:58AM (#19134861)
The copy says it's some interactive thing with quizzes and such.
Re:Next.js 8 released by ozten on Monday February 11, 2019 @01:18PM (#19136721)
I didn't get any value out of the 'gamification' element. Would have preferred to have not logged in.
Re:Next.js 8 released by timneutkens on Monday February 11, 2019 @02:09PM (#19137302)
We're currently working on rewriting /learn to not require any login while still retaining the gamification element (in offline storage). Meaning that you get the best of both worlds.

Just to explain the reason there is a login at all, this is mostly for historical reasons. The original learnnextjs.com built by Arunoda was based on another project he created for teaching Meteor.

Anyway as said we're rewriting /learn, using MDX (http://github.com/mdx-js/mdx) for content and the quizzes will store the result in your browser.

Re:Next.js 8 released by ozten on Monday February 11, 2019 @02:31PM (#19137484)
Very cool! Makes sense that you got it for free from Meteor, great that you're iterating based on feedback.
Re:Next.js 8 released by timneutkens on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @10:57AM (#19144534)
> great that you're iterating based on feedback

Thank you for providing feedback in a friendly way, we're always happy to improve where possible! In case you're curious we have a WIP pull-request: https://github.com/zeit/next-site/pull/159

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Re:Next.js 8 released by lkbr on Monday February 11, 2019 @01:20PM (#19136753)
Yo, you wanna chillout with flinging the accusations? Every single one of your comments in this whole thread is either bullheaded negative or a subtle suggestion that Next.js is some marketing conspiracy without its own merit.

If you don't like Next or don't see its usefulness thats fine, but 30,000 stars on Github and pretty varied list[1] of companies seems to suggest that some people do find it useful.

I am not affiliated with Zeit or Next.js in any particular way. Just a happy user of Next and appreciative of all the hard work put into it.

[1] https://nextjs.org/showcase/